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Obama Caused False Sense Of Security

Mike

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Boston bombs: Obama lulled America into false confidence over terror threat
The war on terror cannot be fought at an arm's length - and the attacks on Boston have brought uncertainty back to American streets, writes Peter Foster.

SWAT team members go door-to-door searching for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Photo: Getty Images
By Peter Foster, US Editor10:59PM BST 19 Apr 2013
In his State of the Union address to the American people earlier this year, Barack Obama declared that he was "confident" of achieving "our objective of defeating the core of al-Qaeda".
Although he acknowledged the need to pursue the "remnants" of the terrorist group and its affiliates, the overall message was clear – al-Qaeda was badly degraded, the tides of war were receding and the US was winning this fight that was no longer even officially a war.
The Boston bombings would appear to present a fundamental challenge to that assessment and once again bring the nagging uncertainty of terrorism back on to the American main street.
It is too soon to be absolutely sure the attacks were motivated by jihadist ideology, but the Islamic videos on the website of the older of the two Tsarnaev brothers point very firmly in that direction.
They bring home the complexity of the global Islamist threat and the fact that it cannot be confined to wars in distant lands, or fought at arm's length using drones, as the Obama administration has quietly yet insistently led America to believe.
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Mr Obama and his intelligence community know the threat from al-Qaeda affiliates, but have chosen to downplay it to the US public.
Even when that fight does directly touch on American lives, as it did last September when the US ambassador to Libya was murdered in Benghazi by an al-Qaeda linked group, the administration appears at pains to deny the connection.
Indeed, next week, America's transportation authority is to relax rules on carrying knives on planes for the first time since the September 11 attacks.
But as many counter-terrorism experts have been saying – their voices often drowned out or ignored in favour of the pleasing simplicity of the Obama administration's narrative – the threat from al-Qaeda is too amorphous and shifting to ever have been discounted.
"They've fallen into the same trap that the Bush administration did early on," says Tom Jocelyn, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank who tracks the movements of high-value al-Qaeda targets.
"They define al-Qaeda as a hierarchical terrorist organisation such that if you kill 'x' number of leaders then the whole thing falls apart."
But the early information on the Tsarnaev brothers – born in Kyrgyzstan to a Chechen family, but living in the US for up to a decade – points to just how blurred, in reality, the distinctions between al-Qaeda and its affiliates can become.
"It's a hybrid thing, that's the problem," says Aaron Zelin, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy who has written extensively about the decentralisation of al-Qaeda. "It's a unique threat, there's nothing like it and that's why people have a hard time grasping what it is."
Looked at that way, Mr Obama's "confidence" – and that of the American public – is likely to be badly shaken by what is emerging from Boston.
 
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Yep- Its better to go out and scare the **** out of the country- tell them we shouldn't travel- and live in fear with anything we do--- :roll:

Yep- this helps promote the anarchism of the Mikes (KKK's- Aryan Nation--White Supremacists) and other nutcases of the site-- that grab onto anything these/any radicals do- and use it to promote their cause to bring on Civil war/anarchy- put the minorities and women back to where they were in the 1800's ......

We live in a world where for many years there are threats from nutcases/radical groups (including the KKK, Aryan Nation, and other White Supremacist groups)-- and if we give in to them- and the fear they promote thru their hate-- THEY have won...

AN ATTA BOY FOR THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ANSWERED THE CALL OF DUTY- WORKED TOGETHER- AND AGAIN ROSE ABOVE THESE RADICAL NUTCASES OF BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT!
 

Mike

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Law enforcement has turned into a bunch of jack-booted thug gestapo types.

They could have hooked a truck to the hitch of that boat trailer and hauled him to the police station in 10 minutes instead of grandstanding in front of the nation. :roll:

Oh, they were very professional they way they burned the guy in California in that cabin. NOT! :mad:

ATTABOY for burning those kids alive in Waco too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shooting the Weavers from a hidden position was an all time high in cowardice....................................
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi, from a position over 200 yards north and above the Weaver cabin,[49] shot and wounded Randy Weaver in the back with the bullet exiting his right armpit, while he was lifting the latch on the shed to visit the body of his dead son.[50] (The sniper testified at the later trial that he had put his crosshairs on Weaver's spine, but Weaver moved at the last second.) Then, as Weaver, his 16-year-old daughter Sara,[51] and Harris ran back toward the house, Horiuchi fired a second bullet, blowing off half of Vicki Weaver's face and killing her,[52] and wounded Harris in the chest. Vicki Weaver was standing behind the door through which Harris was entering the house, holding their 10-month-old baby Elisheba[51] in her arms.[53] The Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Ruby Ridge Task Force Report (June 10, 1994) stated in section I. Executive Summary subhead B. Significant Findings that the second shot did not satisfy constitutional standards for legal use of deadly force.[54] The OPR review also found the lack of a request to surrender was "inexcusable", since Harris and the two Weavers were running for cover without returning fire and were not an imminent threat. The task force also specifically blamed Horiuchi for firing through the door, not knowing whether someone was on the other side of it.
 
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Mike said:
Law enforcement has turned into a bunch of jack-booted thug gestapo types.

They could have hooked a truck to the hitch of that boat trailer and hauled him to the police station in 10 minutes instead of grandstanding in front of the nation. :roll:

Oh, they were very professional they way they burned the guy in California in that cabin. NOT! :mad:

ATTABOY for burning those kids alive in Waco too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shooting the Weavers from a hidden position was an all time high in cowardice....................................

YEP-- that's what you hear always from the rightwingernut cowards that make criminals out to be heros/martyrs to further their cause but are such chicken sh*ts the don't/wouldn't stick their ass out there assaulting the boat- or the cabin-- or Waco...
BIG TALK FROM LITTLE PEOPLE.....
Tell that to the kids of the Federal Agents killed in Waco that went in their with a Judges Court Order/Search Warrant that the nutcases their refused to honor...

I've lived my life listening to the "TALK BIGS"- "JOHN WAYNE TYPES"-- the majority of which- no matter how big of pistol packers- are the biggest cowards in the world when push comes to shove ..... :( :mad: :mad: :mad:
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Law enforcement has turned into a bunch of jack-booted thug gestapo types.

They could have hooked a truck to the hitch of that boat trailer and hauled him to the police station in 10 minutes instead of grandstanding in front of the nation. :roll:

Oh, they were very professional they way they burned the guy in California in that cabin. NOT! :mad:

ATTABOY for burning those kids alive in Waco too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shooting the Weavers from a hidden position was an all time high in cowardice....................................

YEP-- that's what you hear always from the rightwingernut cowards that make criminals out to be heros/martyrs to further their cause but are such chicken sh*ts the don't/wouldn't stick their ass out there assaulting the boat- or the cabin-- or Waco...
BIG TALK FROM LITTLE PEOPLE.....
Tell that to the kids of the Federal Agents killed in Waco that went in their with a Judges Court Order/Search Warrant that the nutcases their refused to honor...

I've lived my life listening to the "TALK BIGS"- "JOHN WAYNE TYPES"-- the majority of which- no matter how big of pistol packers- are the biggest cowards in the world when push comes to shove ..... :( :mad: :mad: :mad:

Can't defend any of it, huh? I knew you couldn't. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi, from a position over 200 yards north and above the Weaver cabin,[49] shot and wounded Randy Weaver in the back with the bullet exiting his right armpit, while he was lifting the latch on the shed to visit the body of his dead son.[50] (The sniper testified at the later trial that he had put his crosshairs on Weaver's spine, but Weaver moved at the last second.) Then, as Weaver, his 16-year-old daughter Sara,[51] and Harris ran back toward the house, Horiuchi fired a second bullet, blowing off half of Vicki Weaver's face and killing her,[52] and wounded Harris in the chest. Vicki Weaver was standing behind the door through which Harris was entering the house, holding their 10-month-old baby Elisheba[51] in her arms.[53] The Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Ruby Ridge Task Force Report (June 10, 1994) stated in section I. Executive Summary subhead B. Significant Findings that the second shot did not satisfy constitutional standards for legal use of deadly force.[54] The OPR review also found the lack of a request to surrender was "inexcusable", since Harris and the two Weavers were running for cover without returning fire and were not an imminent threat. The task force also specifically blamed Horiuchi for firing through the door, not knowing whether someone was on the other side of it.

Lon Horiuchi. The man who shot Vicki Weaver, and her son. The man who shot dozens and dozens of people at Waco, who were trying to flee the burning compound. This man was put up for trial for his crimes against the people, but his case was dismissed by the federal government. Thanks a lot, federal government. But Randy Weaver was awarded $3.1 Million for the unjustice done to his family.
 

Steve

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Law enforcement has turned into a bunch of jack-booted thug gestapo types.

They could have hooked a truck to the hitch of that boat trailer and hauled him to the police station in 10 minutes instead of grandstanding in front of the nation.

when approached by local police the "suspect" opened fire..

after returning fire.. and waiting for the FBI team.. who used shock grenades to disorientate him.. the FBI team took him into custody..

this is a man as suspect who shot a police officer in cold blood as he sat in his patrol car.. shot at another officer in a gun fight.. critically wounding him... and threw grenades and bombs at the police.. one leaving a small crater in a city street.. eluded police for hours as they scoured a city.

I would have shot him myself.. they didn't they took him to a hospital..

if they has hitched to the boat.. he could / would have shot them..
and then as they pulled him to the station he would have bled out...

this guy blew the legs off another,.. left dozens with amputations.. three dead.. another 20+ in critical condition.. 180 wounded..

I have no sympathy for him.. and alot of respect for the restraint the police showed..
 

ranch hand

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Law enforcement has turned into a bunch of jack-booted thug gestapo types.

They could have hooked a truck to the hitch of that boat trailer and hauled him to the police station in 10 minutes instead of grandstanding in front of the nation. :roll:

Oh, they were very professional they way they burned the guy in California in that cabin. NOT! :mad:

ATTABOY for burning those kids alive in Waco too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shooting the Weavers from a hidden position was an all time high in cowardice....................................

YEP-- that's what you hear always from the rightwingernut cowards that make criminals out to be heros/martyrs to further their cause but are such chicken sh*ts the don't/wouldn't stick their ass out there assaulting the boat- or the cabin-- or Waco...
BIG TALK FROM LITTLE PEOPLE.....
Tell that to the kids of the Federal Agents killed in Waco that went in their with a Judges Court Order/Search Warrant that the nutcases their refused to honor...

I've lived my life listening to the "TALK BIGS"- "JOHN WAYNE TYPES"-- the majority of which- no matter how big of pistol packers- are the biggest cowards in the world when push comes to shove ..... :( :mad: :mad: :mad:

Where were you Oldtimer when your wife was in danger of a gunman? Big talk people like you make me sick!
 
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ranch hand said:
Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Law enforcement has turned into a bunch of jack-booted thug gestapo types.

They could have hooked a truck to the hitch of that boat trailer and hauled him to the police station in 10 minutes instead of grandstanding in front of the nation. :roll:

Oh, they were very professional they way they burned the guy in California in that cabin. NOT! :mad:

ATTABOY for burning those kids alive in Waco too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shooting the Weavers from a hidden position was an all time high in cowardice....................................

YEP-- that's what you hear always from the rightwingernut cowards that make criminals out to be heros/martyrs to further their cause but are such chicken sh*ts the don't/wouldn't stick their ass out there assaulting the boat- or the cabin-- or Waco...
BIG TALK FROM LITTLE PEOPLE.....
Tell that to the kids of the Federal Agents killed in Waco that went in their with a Judges Court Order/Search Warrant that the nutcases their refused to honor...

I've lived my life listening to the "TALK BIGS"- "JOHN WAYNE TYPES"-- the majority of which- no matter how big of pistol packers- are the biggest cowards in the world when push comes to shove ..... :( :mad: :mad: :mad:

Where were you Oldtimer when your wife was in danger of a gunman? Big talk people like you make me sick!

My wife was not in danger... The story put out by this bunch is false...By the time I heard of the ongoing situation- from her- she was quite safe... She called me to tell me that- and it was the first I knew anything had happened.... I was then informed that the entire town was in lockdown- and everyone was asked to assist by not going anywhere... But you don't put 30 years of work without being in a hairy situation or two- and you learn that venturing in without authority, approval, or even communication with the leadership- and not having any idea of the facts would have been stupid- and anti to everything I learned in that 30 years of experience...


And ranchhand (whoever you are) if you are so coward to even use your name and address- or confront me face to face-- you are as much of a coward as Mike and his brother KKK cowards......
And keep backslapping the anti- law enforcement extremists that help to bring about these situations by their preachings to these weak minded...
 

Steve

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Yep- Its better to go out and scare the s*** out of the country- tell them we shouldn't travel- and live in fear with anything we do--

what happened to warning people.. being cautious.. the bag was dropped.. no one did anything.. two minutes later it went off...

Boston Bomb Victim in Photo Helped Identify Suspects

Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.

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Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, Bauman was waiting among the crowd for his girlfriend to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. A man wearing a cap, sunglasses and a black jacket over a hooded sweatshirt looked at Jeff, 27, and dropped a bag at his feet, his brother, Chris Bauman, said in an interview.

Two and a half minutes later, the bag exploded, tearing Jeff’s legs apart. A picture of him in a wheelchair, bloodied and ashen, was broadcast around the world as he was rushed to Boston Medical Center. He lost both legs below the knee.

“He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, ‘bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,’” Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview.

Those words may have helped crack the mystery of who perpetrated one of the highest-profile acts of terror in the U.S.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-19/boston-bombing-victim-in-iconic-photo-helped-identify-attackers.html

what if a recent warning had went out.. would this guy have reacted differently to a bag getting dropped at his feet?

2 1/2 minutes is a long time.. maybe just long enough to get some of the victims far enough away..

warnings are not always fear-mongering.. sometimes they are just common sense..
 
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Anonymous

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Steve said:
Law enforcement has turned into a bunch of jack-booted thug gestapo types.

They could have hooked a truck to the hitch of that boat trailer and hauled him to the police station in 10 minutes instead of grandstanding in front of the nation.



I would have shot him myself.. they didn't they took him to a hospital..

if they has hitched to the boat.. he could / would have shot them..
and then as they pulled him to the station he would have bled out...

Or he could have blown up the bomb(s) they didn't know if he had or not- as the towed it thru a major residential area....

But like I said- from the hate everything government- hate law enforcement like the Mikes- I expect no less for stupid ideas.... :( :mad:

Comically sad- how they always know more than all the experts...
 

Mike

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ranch hand said:
Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Law enforcement has turned into a bunch of jack-booted thug gestapo types.

They could have hooked a truck to the hitch of that boat trailer and hauled him to the police station in 10 minutes instead of grandstanding in front of the nation. :roll:

Oh, they were very professional they way they burned the guy in California in that cabin. NOT! :mad:

ATTABOY for burning those kids alive in Waco too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shooting the Weavers from a hidden position was an all time high in cowardice....................................

YEP-- that's what you hear always from the rightwingernut cowards that make criminals out to be heros/martyrs to further their cause but are such chicken sh*ts the don't/wouldn't stick their ass out there assaulting the boat- or the cabin-- or Waco...
BIG TALK FROM LITTLE PEOPLE.....
Tell that to the kids of the Federal Agents killed in Waco that went in their with a Judges Court Order/Search Warrant that the nutcases their refused to honor...

I've lived my life listening to the "TALK BIGS"- "JOHN WAYNE TYPES"-- the majority of which- no matter how big of pistol packers- are the biggest cowards in the world when push comes to shove ..... :( :mad: :mad: :mad:

Where were you Oldtimer when your wife was in danger of a gunman? Big talk people like you make me sick!

He was at the watering hole where someone had dropped him off because his truck was there.

he had a great time playing with all the girls that wanted to go home with him?

I was operating as an Agent of the Owner- as both the manager and the Owner of the establishment (who was out of town) called and asked me to secure the business for employees and patrons- which we did with a lockdown
 

Whitewing

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OldLegendInHisOwnMind said:
Tell that to the kids of the Federal Agents killed in Waco

I've seen some pretty compelling evidence that some of those Federal Agents were killed accidentally by other Federal Agents in that Cluster Fark known as Waco.

Also saw clear evidence that one of them shot himself in the leg. I'm sure he got a medal.
 

Whitewing

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Yep- Its better to go out and scare the s*** out of the country- tell them we shouldn't travel- and live in fear with anything we do--- :roll:

Yep- this helps promote the anarchism of the Mikes (KKK's- Aryan Nation--White Supremacists) and other nutcases of the site-- that grab onto anything these/any radicals do- and use it to promote their cause to bring on Civil war/anarchy- put the minorities and women back to where they were in the 1800's ......

We live in a world where for many years there are threats from nutcases/radical groups (including the KKK, Aryan Nation, and other White Supremacist groups)-- and if we give in to them- and the fear they promote thru their hate-- THEY have won...

BTW, WTF are your talking about?
 
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Dick Britzman
41 minutes ago ·

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I just have to give an ATTA BOY to the Law Enforcement- Local, State, and Federal that worked together to get these nutcase losers that think they need to kill folks to make a statement off the streets....
This is the Law Enforcement I know- and not that portrayed by all the folks trying to turn every event into an anti government conspiracy to further their cause..
Again-- ATTA BOY !!!

This site has turned into the sorriest piece of wannabe rural folks- and does not even show the image of the rural ranch communities I know ...I put the above comment on my FB page-- and have nothing but all the folks of the area agreeing with me-
BUT
with this radical nutcase backslapping site- the majority is trying to turn it into a government conspiracy- or attacking government/law enforcement- or making it into an Anti government/administration/Obama issue....

AGAIN-- I will say ATTA BOY to Law Enforcement!
 

Mike

Well-known member
Whitewing said:
Oldtimer said:
Yep- Its better to go out and scare the s*** out of the country- tell them we shouldn't travel- and live in fear with anything we do--- :roll:

Yep- this helps promote the anarchism of the Mikes (KKK's- Aryan Nation--White Supremacists) and other nutcases of the site-- that grab onto anything these/any radicals do- and use it to promote their cause to bring on Civil war/anarchy- put the minorities and women back to where they were in the 1800's ......

We live in a world where for many years there are threats from nutcases/radical groups (including the KKK, Aryan Nation, and other White Supremacist groups)-- and if we give in to them- and the fear they promote thru their hate-- THEY have won...

BTW, WTF are your talking about?

He left out the "Tea Party". :lol: :lol:

He's a nutcase. :roll:
Fanning the Flames of Waco

By David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman
September 8, 1999
On April 19, 1993, 26 children were killed at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. Six years and one day later, 12 children were killed at Columbine High School. The Columbine murderers are dead, and the man who illegally supplied them a gun is facing a lengthy prison sentence. But those responsible for the deaths of the children at Waco remain at large.
If, as President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno claim, the federal government bears no responsibility for the deaths of the children at Waco, why has the federal government worked so hard, and with so much success until recently, to falsify the facts about what happened there?

The lies about how the fire started commenced while the building was still in flames. A Justice Department spokesman in Washington claimed that an FBI sniper using a rifle scope had seen a male Branch Davidian, wearing black Ninja-style clothes and a black hood, pour liquid on the floor behind a piano and then ignite it. The day after the fire, Jeffrey Jamar, the FBI’s special agent in charge at Waco, asserted that the agent saw a person “get down with cupped hands and then there was a flash of fire.”

At the criminal trial of the Branch Davidians in 1994, that story fell apart. FBI Special Agent Jack Morrison said that he could see, through a hole created by a tank, somebody bent or kneeling by an overturned piano. The man appeared to be washing his hands, although the sniper admitted on cross-examination that he could not see the man’s hands. The fire did not erupt while the man was in the sniper’s sight, though the sniper did see a fire shortly thereafter. However, pictures of the progress of the fire show that the area near the overturned piano (the front door) was not a starting point for any fire. No fire appears there until several minutes after the sniper’s observation. Photographs show no fire in that area while much of the rest of the building was in flames.

Attorney General Reno earned a congratulatory phone call from President Clinton the day after the fire because of her highly publicized acceptance of responsibility. She put the FBI in charge of investigating its own conduct at Waco. The resulting report was a sham and a cover-up. Although seven independent reviewers were appointed to examine the FBI report, the FBI withheld evidence from them, such as Branch Davidian leader David Koresh’s April 14 offer to surrender as soon as he completed his written interpretation of the Seven Seals from the Book of Revelation.

Today, Reno claims to be angry that the FBI has been caught lying about Waco for the last six years. This brings to mind Claude Rains’s line from Casablanca, “I’m shocked … shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.”

The FBI lied to Janet Reno right from the start: they told her that CS chemical warfare agent is a mild irritant, even though much smaller doses than were used at Waco have killed children. On the day of the assault, the FBI flagrantly ignored her prior order to back off if there was any danger to the children. When she had initially rejected the FBI’s plan for a tank and chemical warfare assault on the Branch Davidians, the FBI told her that “Koresh was beating the babies.” In fact, FBI listening devices revealed no such thing.

Now Attorney General Reno’s response to new revelations about FBI lies is to order another FBI investigation of the FBI.

It is undisputed that while the FBI tanks were conducting the chemical warfare assault, the Branch Davidians spread kerosene in the building, intending to light it if the tanks entered the building. Starting a massive conflagration would have been consistent with Koresh’s apocalyptic interpretation of the Bible.

However, if federal agents bear no responsibility for the start of the fire and for the deaths of 76 people, why has the FBI covered up so much evidence for so long?

Recent revelations show that the FBI did fire pyrotechnic grenades — fully capable of starting a fire — during the attack on the Branch Davidian home. The FBI now claims that those grenades were launched six hours before the fire began. Yet if this “innocent” explanation is true, why did the FBI not tell the truth from the beginning?

Even if one takes the current FBI explanation at face value, it shows the federal government’s horrible disregard for the children. Although CS chemical warfare agent is banned from international warfare by a treaty that the United States has signed, the FBI used it against children and babies, knowing that those innocents would be unprotected by gas masks, since their faces were too small to fit them.

After the fire, the FBI bemoaned the failure of the Branch Davidians to take refuge in the underground tornado shelter, where the air remained cool and fresh. Yet the FBI now admits that the pyrotechnic grenades were launched at the very beginning of the assault as part of a systematic plan to keep anyone from fleeing to the shelter.

The federal Posse Comitatus Act forbids the use of the military for civilian law enforcement. Yet the Dallas Morning News reports that the U.S. Army’s Delta Force was “present, up front and close” on April 19, 1993. That revelation undermines earlier claims that only three Delta Force soldiers were at Waco in an “advisory” capacity.

The government claims that the FBI never fired a single shot at Waco, yet an FBI aerial film appears to show the distinctive pattern of machine gun fire coming from government posts at the rear of the Branch Davidian compound — on the one side of the building that television cameras could not see. Could it be that Delta Force, and not the FBI, was doing the shooting — making claims that the FBI did not fire a single shot literally true?

Congressional leaders are beginning new hearings on Waco. However, the 1995 Waco hearings were a disaster, with Republicans looking for administration appointees to blame and paying little attention to the malfeasance of career federal agents. Meanwhile, Democrats such as then-Rep. Charles Schumer succeeded in diverting attention away from crimes committed by government employees and toward the statutory rapes that David Koresh had perpetrated earlier. To his credit, Schumer, now a senator, was the first major Democrat to call for a new review of Waco.

If another round of hearings is to have any chance for success, it will be essential to have a small committee, to allow congressional staff to question witnesses, and not to impose time limits on how long a given witness may be questioned.

Even now, it is unclear who killed the children of Waco. More than ever, though, the recent unveiling of more FBI lies underscores the fact that the children died because of willful and knowing actions by our federal law enforcement professionals. Although the president shed crocodile tears over the 12 children at Columbine High School and now seeks partisan advantage by pushing for federal laws that could not possibly have prevented Columbine, he and his administration remain coldly indifferent to the 26 children at Waco. The day after the Waco fire, Clinton said, “I do not think the United States government is responsible for the fact that a bunch of religious fanatics decided to kill themselves.” But the children didn’t kill themselves. If the president and his attorney general really care about those 26 children, they will appoint outside investigators — not the FBI — to bring out the truth about what really happened on April 19, 1993.

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David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman are the authors ofNo More Wacos: What’s Wrong with Federal Law Enforcement and How to Fix It.
 
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